14 May 2025

Wow! In situ 3-D printing is possible now in the body, for structural tissue, like cartilage or bone. I doubt that organs will be amenable to this technology, as the cellular elements and architecture will need to be replicated.

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This guy thinks that LLM agents already possess free will. I still think it's just a simulation, and that we can see where it ends. But as complexity grows, it will be more difficult to find the margins of that simulation. Agents still depend on a central control module that triggers them. It's not quite free will.

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Toyota has made an EV that would finally make it make sense.  745 mile range. Fully charges in 10 minutes. That's what I need. Anything less is just "proof of concept".

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Is it sulfur amino acid containing foods that make you fat? There's a supplement, a glutathione biosynthetic inhibitor, DL-buthionine-(S, R)-sulfoximine that can mimic a sulfur amino acid restricted diet, and it takes the pounds off. This effect is abrogated by N-acetylcysteine, which produces glutathione.  It's impractical to avoid sulfur-containing foods (e.g. eggs, chicken, meat, dairy, legumes, allium- and cruciferous-vegetables and leafy green vegetables). It's not clear that taking the pounds off with this supplements is a healthy way to lose weight.

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Doctors are not well. Nearly 2/3 of practicing physicians feel depersonalized towards patients. 15% in the West consider themselves burned out. 25% feel emotionally exhausted. That's not a small amount. And long work hours alter brain structure.  “The observed changes in brain volume may provide a biological basis for the cognitive and emotional challenges often reported in overworked individuals." they conclude. 

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Prominent chatbots routinely exaggerate science findings.  Well, chatbots think they're great, you know. I understand why they promote themselves.

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Other states are luring Oregon businesses away from the state. And it's working. Nice job, Tina Kotek.

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The Trailblazers are for sale now.  What if the buyer wants to move the team out of Portland? Think that we will get a baseball franchise started here?

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Oregon agencies made a $1.8 billion accounting error. That's not a small number.  And now the Republicans want states to pay a part of the SNAP money that goes out, so Oregon will have to cover that, too. Not looking good.

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Portland City Council needs to watch this video.


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